#53BCCE#53BCCE

#53BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCCE
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -24.90, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 30.82, 216.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0855 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.099 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6865, 42.2584, 64.8146)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCCE #CE6553

analogous

#53CEA2 #53BCCE #537FCE

triadic

#53BCCE #CE53BC #BCCE53

tetradic

#53BCCE #A253CE #CE6553 #7FCE53

square

#53BCCE #A253CE #CE6553 #7FCE53

split-complementary

#53BCCE #CE537F #CEA253

monochromatic

#257482 #339FB1 #53BCCE #83CFDC #B2E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#53BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCCE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCCE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0dd',
    500: '#53bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcce;
$custom-light: #8fd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74074,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCCE

secondary

#D8ADA5

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCCE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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